Remote Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst for a leading global retail brand. This is an 8–12 week assignment covering a leave. You'll plan, report on and analyze sales and store performance across North American retail stores.

What you'll do:

• Build high-level sales plans and store-level sales targets
• Turn targets into daily and weekly store goals used for field and store incentive pay
• Pull and check sales data in BusinessObjects; analyze sales and KPI trends and make recommendations
• Work with General Ledger and Shared Services on controls and balance sheet analysis
• Build tools to automate and streamline reporting
• Create ad hoc analyses and support special projects
• Partner with brand and field leaders to point out sales and operating trends

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or MBA in Finance, Accounting or Data Analytics
• 3+ years of FP&A or commercial finance
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling; strong PowerPoint and Word
• SAP and/or BusinessObjects experience
• High attention to detail; a self-starter who's comfortable in a fast-paced setting

A plus: retail industry experience, especially store-level sales planning.

Originally posted on Himalayas